The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-05
JOHN NAULEys FREAK,
Riding to philadelphia in a conn Sow
a P5onser Won a W&Ees
T'o'a ne ohioaeo 5eois-

clothes From a vlslsse a o.aoo i-ha}a-
tazlt> he has seen the CITY srcw a. Ssch d.
Tnensions that Il takes TIRE Whole w~s7d IN
manufacture Its habiln-seatS Mr.. ScAn-
ley's business WaS that 81 house mover and
raiser. When the grade q THE sSgSueSS
portion Of me cay Vss changed. he NsaS
connected with the firms which r-aisN2 rso>s
Of the buildings Although poSseSSs nj Ak
cellent business qualities. Mr.. McAl>ev WIS
at all times eccentric He bS6 8 gsNst an
anupathy 10 Ysilraad companies and DIS
liked to put money IN their Golfers ~ nav
ing fare, In the fall 81 1872 he Rad coca-
sion to visit Philadelphia Thu fare 81 thal
time was ~
Il won't pay that much, Said NIE No
Aulev, in conversation wan a fysena Ia
rather walk. Tbs conversation ended in $
wager, Nlr. NcAuley betting thar he NoalG
&c from Chicago to Philadelphia on an eX-
press tram for less than sue. The slNount
Of the wager was small, bslt Mr.. McAUley'S
dander was up and he determined t. win IL,
For three DAYS he shut himself zap in a car.
penterS shop and the resns. ~ his lShorS
was double-cased box feei IN length bv
~ in width. Holes were horei IN every
side 10 allow him a snfficiencv n air, = mum
herr Of racks were PLACED ms Se she hex. IN
which were placed a Gusntlty Of tood a'rs
an ample supply of wafer. When al tlra
arrangements had been cornpleted. Nc Aulev
crawled into the box and the Id SrSs llsil y
down. HIS friend. who entered heartily
into the scheme hired an express Wagol
and had the box conveyed 70 ssle eXrO-SS
office. Upon the upper lid, written in huge
letters, was the following inscription;
JOHN McAUIEN,
Continental Hc,el,
Phladelphis, Ia
This box must he kept in a hoSizOntal p1sl-
ton, as its contents viii Otherwise - ruined.
l. ~. - L..
weighed LIS pounds, snd the express charges
were s. IS In an hour from the time ~VneN
he CT DIVIDED into the box Mr.. McAUley Nss
IN an express car travelling eastward al the
rate of forty miles an hour. Mr. McDer-
mott, the other party TO the wager, became
frightened as be thought Of the tram S,sei-
ing along over the rails with his friend ON
fined in a coffin. Knowing McAuiey'S
eccentricltles he thought thai death m ight
come before he would acknowledge him
self to be defeated Acco0diaCly 3 tele-
gram was sent 70 point where it would
intercept the train, and an order WAS given
by the cypress couapsny u ITS agent IN the
train % refuse 70 carry the box containing
Mr.. McAuiev. Altocsis. Ia however WSS
reached before TIE order was executed Il
was about midnight when tie express mes
sengsr opened the hex. and McAulev YVES
sleeping A. peacefully - IL he were iG his
own bed st home When the lbs were To
moved he arosa. sseupei int, the c,suzra Of
car stretched h5usseif ont ~ fun lencth
sIr,,sl a uile Of packages and iriea to con
tsuue ms nan
"You can't ride IN this car sal the
Messenger. IT'S against The rstss
Nv charges have all been paid re
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one al the b4.zs Known hons -. ~ IL
Chicago. He was for many yosrs fosss.ss
for the firm OF Brown & holhucsworia
and in that capacity superinser .a-1 she rrov-
ing OF the iirst brick blilding eyNs moved iL
Chicago The building was sites I'D al thc
corner of Randolph ana la Sslia STREETS
and was known as Jennings ir % Sone.
That was IN 1854, before any 81 the modern
appliances were IN use The simple moving
of the building from one SIDE Of the street o.
the other created great excitement ~ the
time, on account of the novelty OF the pro
ceedlngS